Window-bracket.



J. H. ASHMEAD.

WINDOW BRACKET APPLICATION FILED snmau, 1909.

968,3 1 1- Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

/NVENTO/? James l/flskmead I By ATTORNEYS JAMES HENRY ASHMEAD, OF LAKE GEORGE, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-BRACKET.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1910.

Application filed September 24, 1909. Serial No. 519,306.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. AsHMEAn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lake George, in the county of \Varren and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved WVindow -Bracket, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a window bracket which is adapted to be attached at a window, and which affords means for supporting a shade roller and a curtain pole.

The device is especially adapted to be formed entirely of wire, and the object of the invention is to produce a device of this character of simple form, being light and yet having sufficient rigidity to support the shade roller and curtain pole securely.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. V

Figure l is a perspective of the bracket, representing the same as detached; Fig. is a vertical section taken through the bracket at the location of the axis of the shade roller support and looking outwardly toward the free end of the bracket; Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the bracket, that is, it is a view looking out from the side which is disposed toward the window; and Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the bracket and representing a portion of the window frame to which it is attached; in this view the upper portion of the socket is broken away.

The device is adapted to be formed of a single piece of wire. In forming it one end of this wire is straightened so as to form a bar 1, at the outer end of which the material is bent downwardly and doubled upon itself so as to form a U-shaped socket 2. The material which forms one side of this socket 2 is bent so as to present a second bar 3 which is straight, and lies against theside of the bar 1, as indicated. These bars together form a shank'4 for supporting the curtain pole socket 2. At the inner extremity of the shank 4 the end of the bar 3 is bent laterally in a horizontal plane so as to form an arm 5. At the end of this arm 5 the wire is bent back so that the arm is formed of two bars 6 and 8, presenting a slot 7 therebetween. At its inner end the bar 8 is bent downwardly in a vertical plane and at right angles to the shank 4 so as to form a second arm 9, composed of bars 10 and 11 which are connected at their outer ends by the bent material, as shown, and these bars 10 and 11 present a slot 12 therebetween similar to the slot 7 At its upper end the bar 11 is bent so that it extends toward the socket 2, and at an intermediate point near the middle of the shank 4, the wire is then bent into a helical coil 13 around a horizontal axis, which axis is disposed at right angles to the shank 4. The upper edge of the coil is disposed against the under side of the shank so as to support the shank, as will be readily understood. After forming the coil, a portion of the material is bent downwardly so as to form a small U-shaped socket 14 which is on the central axis of the coil and which opens in an upward direction as indicated. This socket is formed between two short vertical extensions or bars 15 and 16, the bar 15 being adjacent to the end of the coil. The bar 16 is extended upwardly and is then bent downwardly around the upper side of the shank 4 so as to form a bight or saddle 171 across the upper side thereof. Beyond the saddle 17 a downward extension 18 is formed, which terminates in a horizontal extension or bar 19, which extends toward the inner end of the bracket. At its inner end this bar 19 is bent upwardly so as to form a hook or second saddle 20 over the shank near its point of connection with the arm 5. The bars 16 and 18 hold the coil in place near the shank and give the shank rigidity. In this connection it should be understood that the extension 21 which connects the bar 11 with the coil, operates as a brace.

The device is adapted to be attached to the reveal 22 of a window, as indicated in Fig. 4, by means of screws 23 which pass through a washer 24 applied to the outer faces of the arms 5 and 9. These screws 23 pass through the slots 7 and 12 in the arms, and there may be as many or as few of these screws as desired. In the illustration I have shown a single screw in each arm, though in practice as many may be used in each arm as desired.

The socket 14 is adapted to support the gudgeons of a shade roller, the flat gudgeon which winds up the spring When the roller is turned, being thick enough to fill substantially the Width of the socket so that the socket will prevent the flat gudgeon from rotating. The round gudgeon, of course, rotates freely in each socket.

The brackets in practice Will be made right and left hand. The bracket illustrated in Fig. 1 is a left hand bracket adapted to be applied at the left side of a window. The socket 2 forms a secure support for the end of the curtain pole. The bars 1 and 3 which form the shank 4 are held close together between the saddle l7 and the upper side of the coil 13. The hook 20 which passes over the inner part of the shank, tends to prevent the inner part of the bar 1 from bending under the action of the Weight of the pole and curtain. In this Way the bracket is given great rigidity. Attention is also called to the relation of the arms 5 and 9, and the fact that they are disposed substantially at right angles to each other which enables one arm to act as a brace for the other. They also present an enlarged attachment base to be secured to the reveal.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A bracket of the class described, presenting arms disposed substantially at right angles to each other, said arms being formed of oppositely disposed bars presenting slots therebetween for the insertion of fastening devices, said bracket further having an outwardly projecting shank formed of tWo bars disposed side by side and constituting a support, the bar of one of said arms having an extension extending under said shank and forming a brace therefor.

2. A bracket of the class described, having a pair of parallel bars disposed adjacent to each other and forming a shank, said bars being bent at their outer ends to form a socket for supporting a curtain pole, one of said bars being bent laterally to form a slotted horizontal arm, and downwardly to form a slotted vertical arm presenting two bars, one of the bars of said vertical arm having an extension passing out under said shank forming a brace therefor, said extension having a second socket formed beyond the brace and adapted to support the gudgeon of a shade roller.

3. A bracket of the class described, having a pair of parallel bars disposed adjacent to each other and forming a shank, said bars being bent at their outer ends to form a socket for supporting a curtain pole, one of said bars being bent laterally to form a slotted horizontal arm, and downwardly to form a slotted vertical arm presenting two bars, one of the bars of said vertical arm having an extension passing out under said shank forming a brace therefor, said extension having a second socket formed beyond the brace and adapted to support the gudgeon of a shade roller, said second socket having a bar with an extension passing over said shank and forming a saddle supporting said socket.

at. A bracket of the class described, having a pair of bars disposed side by side and forming a shank, the outer ends of said bars being bent so as to form a socket for a curtain pole, said bracket further having arms formed adjacent the inner end of said shank for attaching the same to a support, one of said arms having a bar, an extension passing out under said shank and supporting the under side thereof, said extension having a socket formed therein for supporting the gudgeon of a shade roller, and an extension formed beyond the socket and passing over the inner end of said shank and bracing the 5. A bracket of the class described, comprising a pair of substantially straight bars disposed side by side and forming a shank, said bars being bent at their outer ends to form a socket to support a curtain pole, one of said bars at the inner end of said shank being bent laterally so as to form a horizontal slotted arm presenting two bars with a slot therebetween to receive fastening devices, one of said last bars being bent clownwardly and doubled so as to form a slotted vertical arm presenting two bars with slots therebetween to receive fastening devices, one of said last bars being bent so as to form an extension including a coil disposed under said shank and supporting the under side thereof, the material beyond said coil being bent to form a socket to support the gudgeon of a shade roller, the material beyond said socket being bentover said shank adjacent to said coil and adjacent to said first arms.

6. A bracket of the class described, formed of a single piece of Wire and composed of arms arranged substantially at right angles to each other and slotted to permit the insertion of securing means and an outwardly projecting shank having a curtain pole socket and a shade roller gudgeon socket.

7. A bracket of the class described formed from a single strand of wire and comprising arms diverging from each other, each arm consisting of two bars spaced apart for the insertion of fastening devices, and an outwardly extending shank formed of two bars, one of said bars having an extension beneath the shank and forming a brace.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JAMES HENRY ASHMEAD. lVitnesses FRED F. HAWLEY, JOSEPH A. HOWE. 

